Highly conserved non-coding sequences are associated with vertebrate development

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Woolfe, Adam ^a   Goodson, Martin ^a   Goode, Debbie K ^a   Snell, Phil ^a   McEwen, Gayle K ^a   Vavouri, Tanya ^a   Smith, Sarah F ^a   North, Phil ^a   Callaway, Heather ^a   Kelly, Krys ^a   Walter, Klaudia ^b   Abnizova, Irina ^b   Gilks, Walter ^a,b   Edwards, Yvonne J K ^a   Cooke, Julie E ^a   Elgar, Greg ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HLXB9; PROTEIN SOX21; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MNX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SHH PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOX21 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUFFER FISH; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES; TETRAODONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, GENETIC; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOME; GENOME, HUMAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOXB2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAKIFUGU; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 20044366725     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030007     Document Type: Article

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